Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Ribeiro, Luis Carlos¹  Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis¹  Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, Porto Alegre, Brasil¹  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre¹  Spalding, Silvia Maria¹  Klein, Carlos Henrique¹  Secretaria da Saúde do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre¹  Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro¹ 

关键词: Congenital toxoplasmosis;    Exposure factor;    Pregnant women;    Epidemiology;    South Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822005000200009

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

Serological screening and evaluation of exposure factors for Toxoplasma gondii transmission were conducted in 2126 pregnant women from southern Brazil. Specific antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were presented by 74.5% (n=1583) of the pregnant women evaluated. Contact with soil was found to be the major factor for infection.

【 授权许可】

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